Current provision of myelopathy education in medical schools in the UK: protocol for a national medical student survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common, disabling and progressive neurological condition triggered by chronic compression of the cervical spinal cord by surrounding degenerative changes. Early diagnosis and specialist management are essential to reduce disability, yet time to diagnosis is typically prolonged. Lack of sufficient representation of DCM in undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula may contribute to the poor recognition of DCM by non-specialist doctors in clinical practice.In this study, our objective, therefore, is to assess DCM teaching provision in medical schools throughout the UK and to assess the impact of teaching on the DCM knowledge of UK medical students.

Methods and analysis

A 19-item questionnaire capturing data on medi

SUBMITTER: Mowforth O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451530 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature